By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a key associate of former President Donald Trump and an influential figure on the American right, was convicted on Friday of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee probing last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, a verdict the panel called a “victory for …
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By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Cases of the viral disease monkeypox in the United States have been identified for the first time in children – a toddler in California and an infant who is not a U.S. resident, health authorities said on Friday. The two cases are unrelated and are likely the result of household …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is doing better on Friday, White House COVID-19 response chief Ashish Jha said, adding the United States is now at a point where it can prevent nearly every COVID-19 death in the country. “The president is doing better. He slept well last night. He ate his breakfast and lunch, …
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By Susan Heavey and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appeared virtually at a White House meeting of economic advisers on Friday to highlight his good health a day after testing positive for COVID-19. Speaking remotely at the meeting to discuss White House efforts to lower gas prices, Biden appeared vigorous and in …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Three members of a family were slain early on Friday at a state park campsite in Iowa, and the man suspected of killing them was found dead nearby from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. Police were alerted at 6:20 a.m., about 30 minutes after sunrise, to a triple homicide …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After losing the 2020 election, Donald Trump ignored close allies who told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were untrue, and when the followers who believed his false accusations stormed the U.S. Capitol, he sat back and watched. That was the narrative the …
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By Valerie Volcovici and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department on Friday opened an investigation into whether the city of Houston’s response to illegal dumping discriminated against Black and Latino communities, citing environmental and health risks. The Justice Department’s civil rights division will lead the environmental justice investigation with support from the U.S. Attorney’s …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, the White House said on Thursday. Biden, 79, has a runny nose, fatigue and an …
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By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) -Independent truckers protesting California’s new “gig worker” law blockaded California’s No. 3 seaport for the third straight day on Friday, stranding cargo at the state’s top agricultural trade hub and adding to U.S. supply chain headaches. Truck gates at all four Port of Oakland marine terminals remain closed to truck traffic …
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By Richard Cowan, Patricia Zengerle and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thursday’s congressional committee hearing into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot by supporters of Donald Trump featured minute-by-minute accountings of the then-president’s actions — and inaction — as his supporters launched a violent attack. Here are six takeaways from the hearing: HAWLEY RAISES FIST, …
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